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Article: Turkey: Turkish court blocks nuclear plant project.
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- November 12, 2009
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Byline: prashant03
A Turkish court has blocked a 2008 tender won by a Russian company to build the country's first nuclear power plant, a civil society group that challenged the tender in court said on Tuesday.
A consortium led by Atomstroyexport, the Russian state s nuclear giant, was the only bidder in the tender to build and operate the plant. The Turkish government decided not to award the project, reported Agence France-Presse.
"The Council of State has suspended three articles in the regulations governing the tender process," the Union of Turkish Engineers' and Architects' Chambers, or TMMOB, said in a statement.
"With this ...